New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-15
PATERSON MILLS TO CLOSE
. crNERAL LOCKOUT THREATENED.

.,,oo,v nv,wrrN KNIGHTS AND EMPLOY.
yRs-IpLENEss FOR 15,OOO PEOPLE.
Thar. il strong probability that the city OF Paterson
N T. whose chief Industrial stay Is in its seoi '
,aanufaoories win experience LOCKOUT tia' WIN
.,.. every one OF these mills and throw l9oVo men,
women and children out OF employment Inc uou"ie
ses from the strike about 800 silk dyers now III
rogrcss but the question involved Is more than the SIN
nile one of wages and hours between these men anu
their employers. silk manufacturers IN Patterson "io
evidently acting with q common purpose ana unei a
common stimulus and that purpose is TO test once " "
the question whether the entire silk Industry IN
In ali It's ramifcations is to be handed over 10 the a
Int. OF the Knights OF LABOR The manuact
mara have come into possession OF certain fae's "
"a limited are obtained from leaky members Oh INC
The employers of Paterson connected WIN '"0
dustry who have been spoken to on the suDJo %. -
imous I'm the opinion that the khlshts ~ .' - -,
40 mate every industrial establishment withhi's
:" -, abor shop The Overs strike is regarded
a. only a preliminary skir1ns to be fough' ou' o '
,,ne OF the first paragraph OF the schedule
the empoyers by the Dyers' Assembly Ihat p"asr"pN
reads: ,.,, =. s,rD,ovss
u ~ npIsss he is a member the X OF L. IN good stahuhg
Now It is estimated by SOME employers That ABOUT Sixty
Ayper cent Of the Knights Of Labor IN that CITY are ho
in good standing the books The o. s t
"bnsses collecting agents for the order anu tneS
DO II by forcing es OF III intention to
a member and the payment OF the adnnsson re- ' mn
Under the roncad regulation of the proposed schedule
the Knights keep out of the order ana our VIZ
s Ssr Ses pa i Up OF lose their os That would
give the Knights absolute control OF the SHOPS Is
once ssRss se Of Scee Would
The ribbon weaving mills thon the tmOwsteis SV t ~
they had under their @ eyery The loco
motive shops would probably he attacked next anu Of
all the industries Of Paterson would De sav Ie is not
Assembly 100. The employers say ~
question and that both sides rec9gse d who
the Kni hts could once dictate as 70 soon regulate the
questions Of wages and hours Now CONES % ,'sde
p their minds-whether by formal conference Is "a
fer Of mystery. but certainly as win one ~" &
tion whether district assembly OF knights shaH taAe
complete charge OF the mills. 49,, ,,o .,ovs talk tn
There Is in the situation than me aoove IAN s h
warrant The fear OF great lockout In several Oh 'ne
mills hands havsalready been lad on as me sup "
dyed silk began give out SILK Is dyed IN the shei
before il goes through the other processes OF han
facture and when the supply OF dyed SIX runs os ,
Wond be no hing for the other mills TO do whether the
Observation-Disclosures wished TO lock not But ths lock
out will be q voluntary one on the part OF
soon AS the force In any mill reduced by TIE h
off Of hands consequent upon the diminished supply
OF dyed material that IL VIII he 10 longer . No
run the machinery. the mill viii shut down ms Is tne
programme generally predicted. In the mllis Oh tIe
Phoenix Manufacturing Company YESTERDAY lPaS nnrt =
COMPANY fifty hands laid off on Saturday ionk
out in the weaving mills would last longer thsn th SUB
~ the Overs because takes generally IRON one 10 i've
DAYS TO dye colored silk and some blacks OF nhe sTe
require three weeks. . - ,.--..u- -. all
Inc most significant indication Of the intention or al
tina silk manufacturers stand by the dyeins employers
and make lockout Is found In the fact thar they pave
refused offers have their dyeing done outslde ol sa
terson This battle TO be fought some time anu IL
might well be fought now is ne S-1c 81 nave
trodden on the OF the manufacturers by leaving sn
in process manufacture The tat 'ne
hand before they struck and that this pledge mas ho
been kept. The dyers fulfilled Il only so isr taas ne
put the silk into such condition that IL "oul" ho'
N the tubs of chemicals.